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46 LA UNCESTON. & to o r knowledge : One Thomas Edwards of North Tamertone dying w th goods remayned to the use of o r pore Hospitall, the w ch notw th standinge we, at his decease, gave to certaine of his frinds, w ch coulde not enjoye y e same for waunte of exception aforesaide : Then one Griffinge deceased p r or, & observed all & ev'r such costom as is above precibed, his wife and childe enjoy- inge, by consente of ye House, his goods : Then dyed one Robarte Harrys prior, his goods remayned to o r use & was devided amonge the pore then and there beinge : Then one Rawlinge dyed p r or who observed o r costom, and w th consente of o r por e howse, his wiffe enjoyed his goods : Then one John Bodd deceased p r or, who called his pore brethren together, prayed them that his wiffe mighte enjoye his goods : Then deceased Elizabeth Cornedon, at whose incomynge no exception nor reservation was made, hir goods she gave unt' hir brother, the w ch one Gill beinge p r or detained & kept y e same to y e use of o r pore house : Then deceased one Michaell Ymbe, whose goods remayned to y e use of o r pore house and was devided amongst us : Then dyed one John Toker whoe, by o r condissente, made a deede of gyfte to his daughter : Lastlie of all dyed one Gervais Gill, at whose incom- ynge no exception or reservation was made of his goods, as we are able to prove, whoe, contrarye to o r occostomed order, gave his goods w^iout callinge of his saide brethren together, not doinge nor observinge such order as to o r po re hospytall belongeth : In Consideration of the p r miss's hitt may playse yo r good W. to take suche order & dyrection herin as to yo shall seeme expe- diente, and as we yo r pore orato rs shall contynually praye to Th'allmightye for y° & everye of you : In Wittnes Wherof we the saide p r or w th the reaste of my pore brethrin, have to this putte & sette y e Comon Seale of o r pore Hospitall. Geven ye x th daye of Januarye in the xxvth yeare of Hir Highnes raigne Anno Dom. 1583. Indorsed : " Sealed by William Sergeaunte, prior, w fch the reaste of his bethrine the daye & yeare with in wryten." The wax on which the seal was impressed is entirely gone. Charles Gurney, Esq., of Trebursye, late High Sheriff of Cornwall, has, however, the supposed actual seal of "Y e pore Brethrin." It came to him from the